Movies Like The Protagonists

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Se7en

1995·2h 7m·★ 8.6·David Fincher

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

The Big Sleep

1946·1h 54m·★ 7.9·Howard Hawks

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

Bad Education

2004·1h 45m·★ 7.4·Pedro Almodóvar

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

It Happened in Broad Daylight

1958·1h 40m·★ 7.8·Ladislao Vajda

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

Tsotsi

2005·1h 34m·★ 7.2·Gavin Hood

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

The Good German

2006·1h 48m·★ 6.0·Steven Soderbergh

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

Sliver

1993·1h 47m·★ 5.1·Phillip Noyce

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

The Web

1947·1h 27m·★ 7.1·Michael Gordon

Fans also likedCrime & Drama & Thriller

Footsteps in the Fog

1955·1h 30m·★ 7.0·Arthur Lubin

Fans also likedThriller & Drama & Crime

Each Dawn I Die

1939·1h 32m·★ 7.2·William Keighley

Fans also likedCrime & Drama & Thriller

Born to Kill

1947·1h 32m·★ 7.2·Robert Wise

Fans also likedCrime & Drama & Thriller

They Made Me a Fugitive

1947·1h 39m·★ 7.2·Alberto Cavalcanti

Fans also likedDrama & Thriller & Crime

M

1951·1h 28m·★ 6.8·Joseph Losey

Fans also likedCrime & Drama & Thriller

Witness to Murder

1954·1h 23m·★ 6.6·Roy Rowland

Fans also likedCrime & Drama & Thriller

The Locket

1946·1h 25m·★ 7.1·John Brahm

Fans also likedDrama & Crime & Thriller

A Bigger Splash

2015·2h 5m·★ 6.4·Luca Guadagnino

Starring Tilda SwintonDir. Luca GuadagninoDrama & Thriller

5 Against the House

1955·1h 24m·★ 5.9·Phil Karlson

Fans also likedCrime & Drama & Thriller

The Quiller Memorandum

1966·1h 44m·★ 6.3·Michael Anderson

Fans also likedThriller & Drama & Crime

Perfect Sisters

2014·1h 40m·★ 5.6·Stanley M. Brooks

Fans also likedThriller & Drama & Crime

Hotel Rwanda

2004·2h 2m·★ 8.1·Terry George

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